Telegram-herald., 1887-11-13
Ossus-s. or coHsr.sriNoslE.
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Se<.ss walsh Ars Lik.Iy % Ans<E tia
Nerves "a sAs spsss.ses-At the cssse-
Tssss 1srsiaAes ss4d tAszr -ssry isss" IA .
ss4s sf square h@il sroaad ~sieA = = wooden
gallery proyiisd sltA a few bszesss foo sis-
iL2ls fss asrss1ss ta<4ssiysz SAT asst "a =
ro~ an th- fissF a. oas e1d of u. a4li, opps-
sils s..a tns srzIr o. Eiz. FrlssL. rssE wsxs
clothed "a isnE cloaxs zaa we're sssss fs.s
taF04zs thsir Asads AZ zFsE bosa sEeir
gestures aza ysirss are nsd~rats. fs-y sia-
ply say toward tEs gToaAa, lntoziHg sps-
cies of iit4ay. sss 2aa Easn tne voices riSs
into ssoat. asd tas cal upoa Allah aaa tks
word ~blsmiilah' are dlstIas L~sR-d azaoHg
tss unfamiliar Turkish sounds. Tls lasts
some lsas. slla Sas = esgizaing TO WoH--r II
tAis . al ~Asn is stopz Es~sser, tAsy al
rise, And now, as tAs GsrasEs say, "a gses
la Zach man comforts as so,-y best
pleaSes him, soAas tsro~ing it vlolsutly baek-
ward and forward. ssme twisting e troEi
siss 70 side soms turusng tasiF 1ea4s VITA
sgca = velocity thai tEs eyes almost start ous
u taeir sockets
Soon TIE perspirstion begins q strssn from
their faces: attendant gOes abag5 aud re-
iIsyss fist one aud then aaotasE Of as t1r-
tan which DO klss<s hs receives ~, suYBiy-
ing in IT'S piA0e whlss cotton skah cap,
which the drrsssh draws on with out dssis,ing
from MS frantic motions. accompanied oy
Ince-sant measured stamping on the floor,
violent criss OF almost uaearthly groans like
= sound from some pursued and exhausted
animal Ihs Of tie SPECTATOR
become So Affected at last that is
seems az II Ais own head must bsxin 20
bOb and bis hsbs % comfort themselves.
Every minute you think tRat the -ecstesy'
into which these mon have worked themselves
must hurl one or the osksr of them IN a III
upon the ground; you actually desire that
something awful and worth % much effort
may occur, and you feel disappointed when,
at given sigma. they stop s4or: and stand
thsTs psrfsetiy quiet. wiping their faces a. II
IL we're merely ~aFIa day. Ia fosn nler times,
when = certain pilch % frenzy was attained
they Used 70 cut themselves with kEive<
Tits has now besa forbidden by the sultan,
although tss Instruments formerly IN uSs stiLl
decorate tbs w2ik.
fhe eEair himself took part in the latter
part OF the performances, and il is nos nsces-
s-ry 20 be dervish % psrticipats in them.
Various laymea hOwled and twisted with tie
Othsrs, aad certain Turkish ofticer has made
himself quite famous with hLs strength OF
voics and supPleness Of limb forgot 70 say
that they are continually melted 70 fresh eI-
forts by a professional "sinssr7-a Turkish
youth who sat upon lie hoor and screamed
al tas top OF his lungs. AZ tAe close OF the
performances persons afflicted vito rhoGma-
Iism or ether similar diseases lie down and
let the enlir walk over them. Children also
are laid upon the ground that be may step cn
them; ons OF these little gill not more
than years old This tread il supposed To
impart both healing and holiness. Very dif-
fersnt from the howlsrs are their brothers,
the dancing dsrvishes These simply form
themselves into two or three circles and with
outssretchsd arms and air filed skirts, turn
and turn, hike so many tops, concluding with
the saIas graceful composure with which they
began n--Conssantinopie Cor. Springfield Re-
publican